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To Save Pacific Turtles, Focus on Small-Scale Fisheries

Small-scale fisheries cause significantly greater mortality to Solomon Islands turtles than longliners.

Justine E. Hausheer

Story type: TNC Science Brief

Condor Spotting: Wildlife Watching and Optimism

Searching for California condors is a lesson in hope.

Matthew L. Miller

Mad Island: Fire Restores Prairie on the Texas Gulf Coast

To restore the prairie, you have to burn it.

Matthew L. Miller

A Roadmap for Reducing the Climate Impacts of U.S. Beef

Adoption of selected actions, especially around grazing, could reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the U.S. beef industry by up to 30%.

Cara Cannon Byington

Story type: TNC Science Brief

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Why Do We Hate Trash Birds?

Gulls. House sparrows. Starlings. Rock pigeons. Canada geese. These species are often derided as trash birds. But why do birders dismiss them so easily?

Justine E. Hausheer

Why Are Black Bears Thriving?

Christine Peterson

Cutthroats and Cottonwoods: Protecting the South Fork of the Snake

Kris Millgate

Crested Rats & Hairy Porcupines: Meet 7 of the World’s Coolest Rodents

Matthew L. Miller

Backyard Bioblitz: How to Be A Citizen Scientist in Your Backyard

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A Roadmap for Reducing the Climate Impacts of U.S. Beef

Adoption of selected actions, especially around grazing, could reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the U.S. beef industry by up to 30%.

Cara Cannon Byington

Story type: TNC Science Brief

To Save Pacific Turtles, Focus on Small-Scale Fisheries

Justine E. Hausheer

Story type: TNC Science Brief

Caught on Camera: the Long-Nosed Chilean Shrew Opossum

Cara Cannon Byington

Story type: TNC Science Brief

Meet the Mysterious Long-Nosed Chilean Shrew Opossum

Cara Cannon Byington

Bringing Beavers Back to Britain

Eleanor Salisbury

Meet the World’s Largest Freshwater Crayfish

National Geographic Society & TNC extern Zoe Starke shares her experience studying the 13-pound Tasmanian giant crayfish.

Zoe Starke

Six Spectacular Places to Experience the Sagebrush Sea

Matthew L. Miller

Saving Dixie: 24 Hours Caring for a Wallaby Joey

Justine E. Hausheer

Mapping the World’s Groundwater-Dependent Ecosystems Reveals Protection Gaps

Cara Cannon Byington

Story type: TNC Science Brief

This Skunk Does Handstands. Yes, Handstands.

Matthew L. Miller

Science for Policy

Innovative conservation science to meet the challenges of our time.

Get Ready for Migration

Fall migration is almost here! Get outside and go birding.

small black, orange and white bird on the ground

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